Carton or display device.



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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1905.

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CARTON OR DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1905.

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CARTON 0R DISPLAY. DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 22. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK C. ELY, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THEFLORENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CARTON OR DISPLAY DEVICE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. ELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northampton, county of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Carton or DisplayDevices, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

Many small articles, such for example as tooth brushes, toilet articlesand the like, are packed for delivery to the consumer in individualboxes. These boxes are attractively designed, colored and ornamented,and the display of them in show cases or in shop windows is an eflicientmethod of calling the attention of customers to the articles which arecontained within the package as well as to their quality, merits, etc.In shipping the articles to the jobber or retailer, the manufacturercommonly places a dozen or some other desired number of the individualboxes in a carton which serves as a convenient package for a givennumber of the small boxes and to protect them in shipment. When, howeverthe individual boxes are received by the retailer, the retailer takesthem from the carton in order that they may be properly displayed andordinarily the carton is laid aside or destroyed. If the carton is putaside the individual boxes are left wit iout protection and becomedefaced,

soiled, or impaired in appearance.

My invention affords a convenient carton or package which fully protectsthe individual boxes during shipment and while being stored, and whichin the hands of the retailer serves to display the individual boxes toprospective purchasers in the most effective manner. My combined cartonand display device also affords the individual boxes while beingdisplayed protection from injury or defacement to which the goods Wouldbe subj ected if the individual boxes were displayed loosely.

In the drawings, I have shown the invention applied to a series of longboxes such as are used for holding tooth brushes, but it will beapparent that the device may be varied according to the size, sha e andnumber of the individual packages w ich it is de sired to receive.

My invention will be fully understood Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1905.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Serial No. 275,291.

from the following description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, and the novel features thereof are pointed out and clearlydefined in the claims at the close of this specification.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the packageopened. Fig. 2 shows a package bent into a substantially circular shapeto display the goods. Fig. 3 shows a package in form for mailing. Fig. 4is a view of a box such as is used in connection with my improvedmailing package. Fig. 5 shows a mailing package embodying my inventionin a modified form, the said package being folded. for mailing. Fig. 6shows this package opened for the reception of the small boxes.

Referring first to Fig. 1 there is there shown a. form of combinedmailing package and display device adapted to hold a dozen individualboxes C. At A is indicated the main body portion of a sheet of cardboard or other suitable material from which my improved carton ordisplay device is constructed. This sheet of card board A may be creasedor scored at various places to facilitate bending where desired. Six ofthe twelve boxes which the carton is adapted to contain are placed onone side, and six on the other side of a space K, which is left atapproximately the middle of the sheet of card board A. This space K issubstantially twice the thickness of the boxes C and permits the twohalves of the carton and the boxes placed on the said two halves to befolded over onto each other into the position shown in Fig. 3 withoutthe boxes interfering with each other. When in its folded position thecor responding boxes in the two spaces on each side of the space K arein registration with each other and the portion K of the backing formsthe end of the carton. At one end of the sheet of card board A is left aprojecting flap which when the device is in its closed condition liesagainst the end of the boxes on both rows. At the other end of the sheetof card board A is formed another flap H which is made long enough tofold around the edge of the package and is provided with a tongue Iadapted to be inserted in the slit J as shown in- Fig. 3, and to holdthe whole firmly together sothat the carton may be-readily handled. Theflap G just referred to serves also to stiffen the mailing package whilethe flap H secures the whole together, and also has a further use whichwill be described later.

The various individual boxes C are attached by any convenient means tothe sheet of card board orbacking A when in use. For the purpose ofsecuring the boxes to the sheet of card board A, I find it convenient toform tongues or tucks B on each side of the said sheet of card board A.These tongues or tucks are slightly tapering to facilitate their use.When in use the tongues B, B, are folded over the ends of the boxes Cand tucked under the upper wall D of the box, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1. The construction of one of these boxes 0 is seen in Fig. 4..If desirable, the tongues B B may be scored to facilitate their bendingabout the box as shown at E and F. It is apparent that the size andshape of the tongues will vary according to the size of the boxes forwhich the carton is designed. Other means of attaching the individualboxes to the backing composing the body of the carton may be employed ifdesired.

When the device is used to display the contents thereof, it may be hungu on a nail by the tongue I so that the indivic ual boxes are displayedto the public, the parts being then in substantially the position shownin Fig. 1.

It is customary to print upon the boxes C advertising matter descriptiveof.thc nature of the goods contained in the boxes. As heretofore stated,I find it convenient to print also upon each space occupied by a box Oon the card A the same matter as is printed upon the corresponding faceof the box, so that when a box is sold from the mailing package ordisplay card the printing on the card A comes into view and the packagestill appears to be full. Of course other advertising matter may beplaced upon the card if desired.

If desired to display the package on the counter, it is only necessaryto bend the mailing package in the opposite direction to that shown inFig. 3 and to tuck the flap G into the crevice between the end box B andthe card board sheet A. It then assumes a somewhat cylindrical form, asshown in Fig. 2, and rests firmly upon the base formed by the ends ofthe box and the edge of the card board sheet A. The boxes may be easilyremoved from the holder when in this form.

When it is desired to, provide a carton for a less number of individualboxes than. a dozen, I form the carton and display device after themanner shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this form the boxes are attached to acard L by tongues M M as in the previously described form of myinvention. At one end of the card L I provide a flap N of the widthequal to the thickness of one box and at the other end a coveringportion 0- long enough to fold over all the boxes. At theother end ofthis portion 0 is a flap P and tongue Q for insertion in a slit R, inthe manner already described. This package containing six boxes may behung up for display by the tongue Q and may be rinted with advertisingmatter behind the Boxes as previously described. The portion 0 affordsan additional place for advertising matter.

It is to be noted that when the package is in its closed condition itforms substantially a box and the contents of the same are whollyprotected. The display package may also be made up in other shapes tocontain a greater or less number of boxes if desired.

What I claim is;

1. 'The combined carton and display device for individual boxescomprising a sheet of cardboard upon the main portion of which the boxesare to be disposed. in groups, the space between the said groups beingsubstantially equal to the combined thickness of as many of said boxesas there are groups, the said sheet being provided with a plurality oftongues on each side equal in number to the number of boxes which thedisplay device is adapted to hold, and of greater length than thethickness of said individual boxes so as to overlap the end of the boxand enter a pocket in the box, a flap at one end of the sheet adapted tobe folded over the thickness of the boxes when the several groups arefolded together and means whereby when the sheet is folded and theseveral groups of boxes are folded together, the said flap may beengaged with the opposite end of the sheet.

2. The combined carton and display device for individual boxescomprising a sheet of cardboard upon the main ortion of which the boxesare to. be disposed in groups, the space between said groups beingsubstantially e ual to the combined thickness of as many 0 said boxes asthere are grou s, a crease in said cardboard at each side 0 said spacebetween the groups, the said sheet be- 1 ed there will be no sideprojections, a fiap on one end of the body of the card adapted to befolded up against the sides of the boxes when the display device isfolded and contains boxes, and a. flap at the opposite end of the sheethaving a transverse crease along the line of the box next that endwhereby said sheet may be folded over the side of the group of boxes andmeans whereby said flap may be engaged with the overlapping flap at theother end of thesheet.

3. A combined carton and display device for individual boxes comprisinga sheet of cardboard upon the main portion of which the boxes are to bedisposed in groups, the

space between said groups being substantially equal to the combinedthickness of as many of said boxes as there are groups, the said sheetbeing provided with a plurality of tongues on each side equal in numberto the number of boxes which the display device is adapted to hold, incombination with a plurality of individual boxes disposed transverselyof the sheet which forms the display device, said boxes bein equal inlength to the width of the body of the sheet, each box being inalinement with two of said oppositely disposed tongues and secured tothe body of the sheet by the tongues being tucked into the ends of theboxes.

4. A combined carton and display device for individual boxes comprisinga sheet of cardboard upon the main portion of which the boxes are to bedisposed in groups, the space between said groups being substantiallyequal to the combined thickness of as many of said boxes as there aregroups, the I said sheet being provided with a plurality of tongues oneach side equal in number to the number of boxes which the displaydevice is adapted to hold, in combination with a plurality of individualboxes disposed transversely of the sheet which forms the dis lay device,said boxes bein equal in lengt to the'width of the body 0 the sheet,each box being in alinement with two of said oppositely disposed tonguesand secured to the body of the sheet by the tongues being tucked intothe ends of the boxes, said sheet being provided with a flap at one endand means whereby when the sheet is folded and the several groups ofboxes are folded together, the said flap may be engaged with theopposite end of the sheet.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK O. ELY.

Witnesses MABEL A. YEATMAN, W, CORDES.

